A group of 26 American mask manufacturers sent a letter to President Biden this week, urging him to adopt new policies to keep the country's nascent medical PPE industry afloat. One year ago, mayors ...

Personal protective equipment, such as masks and face shields, is negatively impacting the quality of care provided to residents and patients with hearing loss, a survey of healthcare providers has ...

“At first, we were making masks only for frontline workers in hospitals and doctor’s offices, along with first responders,” one of the group’s founders, Kristina Alaei, said in a press release. "After ...

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in April 2020 reports an innovative adaptation of a standard snorkel mask with a few custom-built parts and a filter, for use by hospital personnel ...

SEATTLE — Face masks have become a way of life in the pandemic, and their ability to help slow the spread of the respiratory virus COVID-19 is key to keeping people safe until vaccines are widely ...

PITTSBURGH — While masks and other personal protective equipment are serving to keep us safe amid the pandemic, environmental experts are growing increasingly concerned about the risks those items ...

Rodrigo Cano broke the awful news to employees at his family-owned Alpharetta business: The company would close temporarily as the pandemic hit Georgia. A half hour later, workers asked him to join ...